The Major Transitions in Evolution - Brossura

Maynard Smith, John

Brossura

ISBN 10: 019850294X ISBN 13: 9780198502944

Casa editrice: Oxford University Press, 1998

Riassunto

This ambitious book provides the first unified discussion of the full range of evolutionary transitions. Engagingly written and filled with numerous illustrations, this book can be read with enjoyment by anyone with an undergraduate training in biology. It includes accessible discussions of a wide range of topics, from molecular biology and linguistics to insect societies.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

John Maynard Smith (1920-2004) was Emeritus Professor of Biology in the University of Sussex. Eors Szathmáry is at the Institute for Advanced Study, Budapest.

Contenuti:

• List of Tables
• Preface
• 1: Introduction
• 2: What is Life?
• 3: Chemical evolution
• 4: The evolution of templates
• 5: The chicken and egg problem
• 6: The origin of translation and the genetic code
• 7: The origin of protocells
• 8: The origin of eukaryotes
• 9: The origin of sex and the nature of species
• 10: Intragenomic conflict
• 11: Symbiosis
• 12: Development in simple organisms
• 13: Gene regulation and cell heredity
• 14: The development of spatial patterns
• 15: Development and evolution
• 16: The origins of societies
• 17: The origins of language
• References
• Index

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1998
• ISBN 10: 019850294X
• ISBN 13: 9780198502944
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 360